Matt Lindland could be headed to DREAM
According to Denis Kang in an article by The Fight Network, the word making the rounds is that former UFC middleweight Matt Lindland is on the verge of signing with Japanese-based promotion DREAM, a collaboration between FEG and former staff members of PRIDE:
“I want to win the grand prix,” Kang said. “Now they’ve got Akiyama, [Melvin] Manhoef, [Zelg] Galesic, [Kazushi] Sakuraba, Dong Sik Yoon … and I heard that Matt Lindland is going to be signing with them. There are a lot of good fighters I want to fight right there.”
Kang is set to make his debut for DREAM on April 29 at the Saitama Super Arena in Japan when the promotion kicks off its middleweight Grand Prix event. He goes on to add that the subsequent rounds of the tournament are tentatively scheduled for June and September.
The former PRIDE middleweight appears to be happy that K-1 HERO’s has been dissolved in favor of the new promotion:
“I don’t know what K-1’s problem was,” Kang said. “They’re a big company. It’s not like they don’t know what they’re doing. I don’t know if they were doing too much with running Hero’s and regular K-1 [shows], but it seemed to me like they were very disorganized.”
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kang v linland thats a good fight
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Can’t wait for their first event, that lightweight grand prix looks excellent as expected. Does anyone have any ideas on if or when they will get a tv deal in japan? And if we will be able to see the event here in the states?
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I’m sure DREAM will continue in PRIDE and HERO’s quests to have Sakuraba killed in the ring by having him fight Melvin Manhoef in the first round. The last thing he should be doing at this point in his career is weather a Manhoef storm to earn a submission win.
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They already have a TV deal in japan. Heros/K1 has a long term contract with TBS i believe.
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hopefully HDnet will be airing the fights like with Yarennoka. Dreams probably don’t have the pull to be doing PPV in the US like with Pride before.
–> if HDNet does the Dreams + WVR shows, lets hope they send Bas over to commentate!
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“hopefully HDnet will be airing the fights like with Yarennoka. Dreams probably don’t have the pull to be doing PPV in the US like with Pride before.”
They will have the next Fedor fight.
By the end of 2008 “HDNet Fights” will astound the fans on what non UFC events they have shown. Mark my words they have a lot up their sleeves for the fans.
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They need to get Cyborg Santos over there so he and Manhoef can have a rematch of their epic battle.
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OWGP 2008
Fedor Emelianenko
Alexandre Emlianenko
Randy “the Natural” Couture
Andre “the Pitbull” Arlovski
Mark Hunt
Mirko “CroCop” Filopich
Jeff “the Snowman” Monson
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